Snakeberry

Herba Duchesneae Indicae

(English) Indian Mockstrawberry Herb

Alias ​​snake grass bubble, three wind, dragon spit beads, three-jaw dragon.

The source is the whole plant of the Rosaceae Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke.

Perennial herbs in plant form, white hairs throughout the plant. Stalks are slender, sparse, and rooted. Three leaves of compound leaves alternate, leaflet rhomboid oval, 1.5 ~ 4cm long, 1 ~ 3cm wide, the edge has a blunt tooth, both sides are sparsely speared spurs, with stipules; petiole and land length or several times as long, there are Upside down white fur. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, with long handles; secondary bracts 5, with nicks, sepals 5, smaller than vice sepals; petals 5, yellow, obovate; stamens numerous, born on flat receptacles. When the polymer is ripe, the receptacle is enlarged, spongy and red. Achenes are small, many, red. Flowering from April to May, fruiting period from May to June.

Born on the slopes, roadsides, grasses, damp places. Distributed in East China, South Central, Southwest.

Collect spring, autumn harvest, wash, dry or fresh use.

The chemical composition contains linoleic acid and β-sitosterol.

The taste is slightly cold, sweet and sour; there are small poisons.

Indications Qingrejiedu function, Sanjie. For diarrhea, enteritis, diphtheria, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, fire burns, snake bites, swollen boils poison.

Flowers Calss

Rose Flower,Jasmine Flower,Wild Chrysanthemum,Common Bombax Flower

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